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Genetic Structure in Populations of the Douglas-fir Swiss Needle Cast Fungus Nothophaeocryptopus gaeumannii

Creator:

Bennett, Patrick I.

Abstract:

The fungus Nothophaeocryptopus gaeumannii is the causative agent of Swiss needle cast (SNC), a foliar disease of Douglas-fir. Disease is characterized by premature loss of foliage and reduced growth resulting from the inhibition of photosynthesis due to the occlusion of stomata by the ascocarps of N. gaeumannii. Although the disease...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Patrick I. Bennett for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in